Smartphones The Best Augmented Reality Apps

If you're one of the cool kids, you've probably heard talk on the Internet about "augmented reality." But exactly what is augmented reality? The best augmented reality apps use your iPad or smartphone to read information about your environment, then put it together with information the program generates, thereby digitally "augmenting" your real interaction with the physical world. Which augmented reality apps should you download?

A ton of cool augmented reality apps are available for your iPhone or smartphone – some are games, some can help you find where you parked your car or locate a good restaurant in a strange neighborhood, and some are just weird and fun. Here are just a few of the strangest, silliest, and greatest augmented reality apps out there.

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Word Lens

This is a really neat translator app that will "read" text in a foreign language and then superimpose an English translation on top of the actual thing you're looking at.